When you begin to apply for jobs and attend interviews, it is highly likely that employers will ask you to give examples of how you have gained specific skills from your time at university.
When you begin to apply for jobs and attend interviews, employers will likely ask you to give examples of how you have gained specific skills from your time at university. This guide reviews the specific employability skills you can gain from citing references, referencing and using IT in preparing your work. It should be a useful aid to you when drawing up your CV or applying for jobs and work placements.
Referencing
Citing references is a technical exercise, requiring you to follow clear guidelines on crediting sources, and to format your reference in a specific way. Using a reference management system such as RefWorks, will enable you to manage and re-use reference sources when you work on future assignments. It will also develop your information management skills. Through collecting and referencing information, you will develop skills in the following areas:
Academic writing
Ability to produce documents to specific guidelines
Information/data management
Planning and organisation
IT
IT literacy is an essential requirement for nearly all graduate jobs. Whichever field you work in, you will find the IT skills you acquire at university prove invaluable. Familiarity with the most common packages, such as Microsoft Office, will not only help you with your day-to-day work and management of your data, but also give you confidence when you need to learn to use new software packages specific to your profession. Some of the main areas requiring IT skills are:
Document writing
Presentations
Data analysis
Technical / problem-solving skills
Information finding and research skills
Professional networking and building a professional online profile
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